Dispur: After Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s shocking statistics about the state’s drugs seizures worth Rs 2,919 crore and more than 23,000 arrests recorded in five years, recent heroin and opium recoveries near Guwahati point to India’s Northeastern states increasingly emerging as a critical corridor for international drug trafficking.
Similar concerns were also raised by former Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh over attempts to shift drug trafficking networks towards Manipur. The figures have renewed focus on India’s vulnerable border regions adjoining Myanmar, where illegal drug trafficking has taken firm root.
While security agencies say traffickers exploit difficult terrain, porous borders and interstate transport corridors stretching from Manipur and Mizoram to Assam and beyond, investigators have raised alarm over growing use of digital platforms and cryptocurrency-based transactions.
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With routes linked to the notorious Golden Triangle of Myanmar, Laos and Thailand, experts warn that stronger border surveillance and coordinated action are essential to prevent the Northeast from becoming a larger conduit for international narcotics.
